Scene By Readers - December 2013

01] Richard Smith of Pinetop, Arizona, snapped this photo of an interesting icicle formation on his Ford hubcap while driving through Telluride, Colorado, last winter. 02] Sent in by Los Angeles native Joe Camuglia, that’s a Lincoln Continental reflecting in the clouds at the famous Donut Derelicts in Huntington Beach, California.03] That’s Frank Foot of Chicago, Illinois, in 1969 standing beside his 1965 Impala. It had a four-speed and he added a 3x2 setup. Now that’s one car Frank wishes he kept.

04] Ron Janicki of Oro Valley, Arizona, purchased a 1956 Chevy in the summer of ’65 when he was 17. Here, he’s rebuilding the engine in his backyard. “Not too smart. We cracked a ring, among other things,” Ron says. He bought a 283ci short-block to repair his mistakes. 05] Charlie Spahr sent us photos of this half-scale Model T built by his neighbor, Frank Simmons of Raleigh, North Carolina. It has a supercharged fuel-injected Hemi (fake) and uses a lot of speed parts from Speedway Motors, Jegs Performance, and Summit Racing. 06] Chas Sinklier photographed this rat rod at the Luckenbach, Texas, Car Show (wwwRockinCarShow.com). He says he can’t get it out of his head.

07] Fernando Muharram of Miami, Florida, shot this photo of a 1960 El Camino found in Oklahoma. It’s now on its way to Miami for a restoration. 08] Chris Holley of Mannford, Oklahoma, says he was under the dash of his 1969 Road Runner trying to track down a wiring gremlin when his faithful Border Collie joined him, curious as to what he was doing. 09] Morris Purkey of Grass Valley, California, found this photo in a stack marked “July 1971” in his attic. It is from Baylands Raceway in Fremont, California. It was the only rear-engine dragster in the pile of photos, but he knows nothing about it.

10] Jeffrey Bennett built a 1968 Firebird for his father’s 60th birthday. That’s Jeffrey’s nephew helping grandpa polish the wheels at a local show. The family is from Rochester, Minnesota. 11] That’s Panfilo Perez at Hudson’s Grill in El Paso, Texas, with his daughter Nadia. 12] Justin Oney of El Paso, Texas, shot this at the 2013 Goodguys 16th PPG Nationals in Columbus, Ohio. The car is called the Kosmic Outkast. Justin called this pic The Pipe Organ.

13] Denis Neumayer submitted this photo of the famous hot rod family (from left to right): Denis, Art Chrisman, and Mike Chrisman. He said his uncle Leroy Neumayer drove Art’s first dragster in 1953. 14] John Ambrose builds and collects cool vintage mini-bikes from the late ’60s. This is one of his choppers he loves. He stresses that there is an emerging community of guys building these. 15] Jim Biancone of Reading, Pennsylvania, sent us this photo of the stroller his nephew AJ made for AJ’s son Jackson Bear. AJ owns Valhalla Restoration and Fabrication in Blairstown, New Jersey.

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